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Fleming, Ian. The Man With the Golden Gun, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 18s.). Contents very good, clean, bright, cloth well-preserved, dust-jacket good with a few very pale tiny spots and slight chipping to extreme edges of upper spine/corners, small ownership sticker on ffep, light spotting to top edge of text-block, some shelf-lean

Fleming, Ian. Dr. No, first edition, first issue, second-state binding with "Honeychile" silhouette on upper board, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Pat Marriott (priced 13s. 6d. ), London: Jonathan Cape, 1958. Contents very good, clean, bright, cloth very good with slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket very good with slight toning and light bumping/wear to extreme corners & edges of spine, some discolouration to verso of d.j., small ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge, slight shelf-lean

Fleming, Ian. The Spy Who Loved Me, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. Octavo, publisher's cloth with unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 15s. ). Contents very good, clean, bright, binding tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very well-preserved with only a few very faint marks, small ownership sticker on ffep, a little dusty along top edge

Marvel Comics. Extensive Collection. To include:Secret Wars, 2015-16, plus tie-ins, comprising: Secret Wars: #0-9; Last Days: Ant-Man #1; Captain America & the Mighty Avengers #8-9; Magneto #18-21; Ms. Marvel #16-18; Punisher #19-20; Silk #7; Silver Surfer #13-15; Spider-Woman #10; Battleworld: Age of Ultron vs Marvel Zombies #1-4; Ghost Racers #1-4; Inhumans: Attilan Rising #1-5; Korvac Saga #1-4; Marvel Zombies #1-4; Master of Kung Fu #1-4; Red Skull #1-2; Runaways #1-4; Secret Wars: Battleworld #1-4; Secret Wars: Secret Love #1; Secret Wars Journal #1-5; Siege #1-4; Star-Lord & Kitty Pride #1-3; Thors #1-4; Ultimate End #1-5; Warzones: 1602 Witch Hunter Angela #1-4; 1872 #1-4; A-Force #1-5; Age of Apocalypse #1-5; Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows #1-5; Armor Wars #1-5; Captain Britain & the Mighty Defenders #1-2; Captain Marvel & the Carol Corps #1-4; Civil War #1-5; Deadpool's Secret #1-4; E is for Extinction #1-4; Future Imperfect #1-5; Giant-Size Little Marvel AVX #1-4; Guardians of Knowhere #1-4; Hail Hydra #1-4; Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra #1; House of M #1-4; Howard the Human #1; Inferno #1-5; Infinity Gauntlet #1-5; M.O.D.O.K. Assassin #1-5; Mrs. Deadpool & the Howling Commandos #1-4; Old Man Logan #1-5; Planet Hulk #1-5; Secret Wars 2099 #1-5; Secret Wars: Agents of Atlas #1; Spider-Island #1-5; Spider-Verse #1-5; Squadron Sinister #1-4; Weirdworld #1-5; Where Monsters Dwell #1-5; X-Men '92 #1-4; X-Tinction Agenda #1-4; Years of Future Past #1-5; Avengers World, #17-21 [please see Avengers World 2014-15 below]; Avengers #35-44 [please see Avengers 2012-15 below]. Each comic individually bagged & boarded, condition appears to be very good.Mutant Massacre. First Appearance of Mister Sinister: The Uncanny X-Men, #221, 1987 [first full appearance of Mister Sinister]; The Uncanny X-Men, #210-213, 1986 [first mention of Mister Sinister in #212, seen in silhouette in #213]; X-Factor, #9-11, 1986; The Mighty Thor, #372-374, 1986; The New Mutants, #46, 1986; Power Pack, #27, 1986; Daredevil, #238, 1986. Mutant Massacre crossover storyline represented in these 14 comics. Each comic individually bagged & boarded, condition appears to be very good. Together with a Marvel Dynam-X Evil Mutants action figure of Mr. Sinister, by Toy Biz, 1993, sealed in original packaging, the figure as new, the card packaging with some creasing & bumps.A quantity of Marvel comics, various series, 2010s, including Avengers (2012-15), #1-44 [NB: #35-44 tie-in with Secret Wars above]; Avengers World (2014-15), #1-21 [NB: #17-21 tie-in with Secret Wars above]; The Superior Spider-Man (2013-14), #1-33; The Superior Foes of Spider-Man (2013-15), #1-17; The Amazing Spider-Man, 2014 [first appearance of Cindy Moon as Silk], #1 to #20.1 [including the rare & desirable #4]; Uncanny Avengers, 2012, #1 (second printing) to #25, plus 008 AU; Wolverine (2013-14), #1-13, and others; a quantity of first issues and annual issues, mostly Marvel, some Dark Horse & other, plus several special & commemorative issues including What If The Hulk Had Killed Wolverine?, #50, 1993; The Amazing Spider-Man, #700, variant edition, 2013; Spider-Man, #1, collector's edition with silver cover, 1990; Spider-Man, #26, holographic cover with poster, 1992; Miracleman (Eclipse, 1985); Green Hornet (Now, 1992), complete with free button; Iron Jaw (Atlas, 1975); Wulf the Barbarian (Atlas, 1975); Valkyrie! (Eclipse, 1987); Reid Fleming (Eclipse, 1986); X-Farce (Eclipse, 1992); Crazyman (Continuity, 1992); Ultraman (Ultracomics, 1993), still sealed; Twilight (DC, 1990); Forbidden Worlds (A-Plus, 1991); Rip in Time (Fantagor, 1986); Wildstar (Image, 1993); Nemesis the Warlock (Eagle, 1984); Skateman (Pacific, 1983); Merc (Marvel, 1986); Inhumans (Marvel, 1990), and others, plus various 1980s & 1990s issues of Avengers, West Coast Avengers, Flash, Animal Man, Challengers Unknown, Justice League, Black Canary, Bad Company, Time Twisters, Judge Dredd, Justice Machine, Airboy, Prowler, Doomsday Squad, Deathmate, Alien Worlds, Wonder Man, Groo, Modred the Mystic, Marvel "What if...", and others. Most comics - especially the series from 2010s - individually bagged & boarded with condition appearing to be very good, some of the earlier comics are loose, sold with all faults, the whole in three long plastic containers & three boxes (6)

Ann Moore (Imposter). Henderson, Alexander. Examination of the Imposture of Ann Moore, Called the Fasting Woman of Tutbury; Illustrated by Remarks on Other Cases of Real and Pretended Abstinence, first edition, London: Underwood & Blacks, 1813. Octavo, iv, 52pp., contemporary paper-covered boards, spine lettered in gilt. Contents generally very good & bright, some toning & pale spotting towards the end, binding tight & square with some bumping & wear to corners, owner inscriptions on front free endpaper. A scarce work on this notable English woman whose actions are today viewed either as an early form of social protest or simple fraud

Fonteyn, Margot. Autobiography, signed, London: W. H. Allen, reprinted 1976, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket. Together with This Rough Magic, by Mary Stewart, signed first edition, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1964, and Airs Above the Ground, unsigned first edition, Hodder, 1965 (3)Provenance: Margot Fonteyn autograph obtained at the Opera House in Manchester, c. 1976

Yorke, Courtenay. Pocket Deposits of Derbyshire: A General Survey, first edition, privately printed, 1961. Illustrated with five manuscript maps and numerous mounted photographs, also annotated with manuscript revisions. Quarto, 86pp., red buckram lettered in gilt. Contents very good, clean, bright, binding with some bumping and light wear to extremities, bearing label on front pastedown for Department of Geology Library, University of Glasgow

Sam Toft (British, b. 1964). We Came, We Looked, We Liked the View, Hove: Mustard Editions, 2016, first edition book with original wrapping

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Hobbit, first American edition, second state [publisher's logo on title, 'Chapter VI instead of VII on p. 118], Boston & New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1938. Octavo, publisher's cloth, map endpapers, half-title, colour frontispiece, 310pp., lacking colour plate to face p. 118, all other plates present as called for, contents generally clean & bright, occasional creasing & tears including to some of the plates, one plate detached, cloth with general discolouration and splitting to joints, wear to corners, sold with all faults

 Aldin, Cecil. The Twins, first edition, London: Henry Frowde and Hodder & Stoughton, [c.1910]. Quarto, publisher's quarter-cloth with illustrated boards, complete with 24 colour lithographic plates, plus pictorial title and illustrated endpapers. The plates are well-preserved, clean, bright; text pages with some light spotting, more pronounced on half-title; binding with slight pulling at inner gutters, some bumping & wear to corners of boards with slight splitting to cloth at joints; housed in protective clear covers

Malton, James. The Young Painter's Maulstick; Being a Practical Treatise on Perspective, first edition, London: Printed & Published for the Author by Barfield & Carpenter, 1800. Association copy, originally belonging to Benjamin West but not inscribed. The author's published dedication is addressed to Benjamin West as President of the Royal Academy. Title, Dedication, Apology & Preface [xiv] 71pp., illustrated with 23 engraved & aquatint etched plates (one folding). The pages are generally well-preserved, clean & bright with some faint spotting in places, plate 12 has a tear. Quarto, contemporary paper-covered boards, untrimmed edges, disbound, boards detached and contents loose, sold with all faultsProvenance: By descent. Vendor's late husband was descended on his mother's side from noted artist Benjamin West PRA (American, 1738-1820)

[Hemsterhuis, Francois]. Alexis ou De l'age d'or, first edition, Riga: Hartknoch, 1787. Scarce first edition of one of the most important works by Hemsterhuis. Octavo, 188pp., plus one folding plate, on heavy laid paper, contemporary paper-covered boards. Contents well-preserved & bright, wide margins, some very pale spotting, armorial bookplate covered over on front pastedown, binding worn with loss to spine'In Alexis Hemsterhuis, perhaps influenced by contemporary German philosophy, presented for the first time his concept of the golden age and the harmonious development of the individual. He also introduced the notion of the value of poetical truth (truth discovered by the poet in moments of enthusiasm). With these ideas Hemsterhuis had moved far from his earlier rationalism, and his thought was received with admiration and approval by representatives of the Sturm und Drang and romantic movements in philosophy.' [Encyclopedia of Philosophy]

[Cruikshank, Robert]. The Dandies' Ball; Or, High Life in the City, first edition, London: John Marshall, 1819. Octavo, stitched paper covers, illustrated with 16 hand-coloured etchings by Robert Cruikshank. The front pastedown includes some comic manuscript verse about dandies, 'A fungus, unknown to Philosophy's eye! / It seems to exist - but we cannot tell why!...For apes have reflection; and useful the ass / But a Dandy can only reflect in his glass'. Very worn & discoloured with old paper repairs and areas of loss, sold with all faults

Johns, W. E. Gimlet Comes Home, first edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, illustrated by W. Stead, unclipped dust-jacket, neat owner inscription. Tog. w/ five Brockhampton first editions comprising: Gimlet's Oriental Quest, 1948, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Lends a Hand, 1949, clipped d.j.; Gimlet Bores In, 1950, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Off the Map, 1951, unclipped d.j.; Gimlet Mops Up, first edition, 1947, the final title in worn wrapper with loss & lacking ffep (6)

Johns, W. E. King of the Commandos: A Story of Combined Operations, first edition, 1943, illustrated by W. Stead, dust-jacket priced 5/-, red cloth, some pale damp marks at top corner, internally very good

Johns, W. E. Biggles Hits the Trail, first edition, 1935, colour frontis. & six illustrated pages, blue cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Flies East, reprinted 1937, monotone plates & colour frontis., cloth, lacking ffep; Biggles - Secret Agent, first edition, 1940, colour frontis. & six b&w illustrations, plate list incorrectly shows p. 159 instead of 157 as placed, worn cloth, frontis. loose; Biggles Sees It Through, first edition, 1941, colour frontis. & six plain illustrations, worn tan cloth (4)

Johns, W. E. Biggles Sweeps the Desert, first edition, October 1942, colour frontis. & eight b&w illustrations (two double-page), restored wrapper; Biggles Fails to Return, first edition, August 1943, colour frontis. & 15 illustrations, map endpapers, dust-jacket with loss at top & bottom of spine; Biggles in the Jungle, first edition, 1944, colour frontis. & four illustrations by Terence Cuneo, dust-jacket chipped at edges, loss at base of spine, cloth faded top & bottom edges; Biggles in the Orient, first edition, November 1944, colour frontis. & 12 illustrations by W. Stead, dust-jacket priced 6/- on flap, pale blue cloth, slightly faded at spine & corners (4)

Johns, W. E. Worrals Carries On, first edition, 1942, dust-jacket & contents worn; Worrals Flies Again, first edition, 1942, inscriptions to endpapers and some pale spots to cloth, and seven other first edition Worrals titles, all in wrappers, inscriptions & some cloth covers spotted, Hodder & Stoughton & Lutterworth Press, 1943-51 (9)

Johns, W. E. Comrades in Arms, first edition, August 1947, dust-jacket & illustrations by W. Stead, aquamarine blue cloth, gilt titles, loosely-inserted publisher's letter with facsimile signature, tog. w/ six other 1940s first editions, all in wrappers (two with some wear & loss at spine), comprising: Sergeant Bigglesworth C.I.D.; Biggles' Second Case; Biggles Hunts Big Game; Biggles Takes a Holiday; Biggles Breaks His Silence; Biggles Delivers the Goods, all but one unclipped and priced 6/- on jackets, 1946-49 (7)

Dahl, Roald. The BFG, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1982, hardback, publisher's grey cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, protective mylar cover. Internally very good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very good, bold & bright, with just a crease & short tear on back top-edge, a few very pale marks to top-edge of text-block, a near fine example

Lewis, C. S. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, first edition, second impression, London: Geoffrey Bles, 1954. Octavo, publisher's pale blue cloth with silver titles, colour frontispiece. Internally good, clean, bright, a couple of very pale handling marks in places, some light colouring to a couple of the black & white illustrations, neat contemporary owner inscription to ffep, cloth with discolouration and some splitting to joints but strong, lacking dust-jacket

Dahl, Roald. George's Marvellous Medicine, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, 1981, hardback, publisher's blue cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket illustrated by Quentin Blake, protective mylar cover. Internally very good, clean and bright with incredibly light signs of handling, binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved & bright with very light bumping to corners, slight discolouration to extreme edges, dust-jacket bold & bright with very slight fading to spine, slight wear to extreme corners, a couple of light fold-lines to inner flap

Tolkien, J. R. R. The Silmarillion, edited by Christopher Tolkien, first edition, London: George Allen & Unwin, 1977. Octavo, publisher's navy cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, a couple of light handling marks to endpapers, a few small spots to fore-edge, binding very good, tight & square, cloth very well-preserved, dust-jacket very good, bold & bright, folding map at rear well-preserved. Together with another the same in clipped d.j. with faded spine (2)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first impression, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, paperback, full number line, "10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1". A good, clean example, some toning to page edges, a couple of very light creases to covers and incredibly faint fold-lines to some page corners, very slight wear to extreme corners & edges

Dahl, Sophie; Annie Morris (Illust.). The Man with the Dancing Eyes, first edition, signed by the author & the illustrator with an original illustration by Annie Morris facing the title page, hardback with unclipped dust-jacket and protective mylar cover, tog. w/ another six of the same, unsigned, all fine, Bloomsbury, 2003 (7)

Hussey, Charmian; Christopher Crump (Illust.). The Valley of Secrets, ten first Deluxe Special Limited Editions, each signed by the author & illustrator and numbered of 102, hardbacks with dust-jackets in green slipcases, fine, Saint Piran Press, 2003; The Valley of Secrets, first softcover edition, signed & inscribed by the author, tog. w/ ten others the same, signed without dates or additional inscriptions, some sealed, each with a publisher's compliments slip, fine, Saint Piran Press, 2003; The Valley of Secrets, five first hardback editions, each signed by author & illustrator, fine, Hodder, 2004; The Valley of Secrets, two Hodder proof copies, paperbacks, bumped at corners, otherwise fine, Hodder, 2004, and 42 promotional postcards for The Valley of Secrets, four different designs, the whole in one carton

Colfer, Eoin. Collection comprising: Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, signed first edition, fine, Puffin, 2002, tog. w/ another unsigned; Artemis Fowl: The Eternity Code, two signed firsts, fine, Puffin, 2003, tog. w/ another 14 unsigned; Artemis Fowl, three signed paperback firsts, fine, Puffin, 2002; Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident, 10 unsigned US firsts, fine, Hyperion, 2002; Spud Murphy, two unsigned paperback firsts, fine, Puffin, 2004, and a quantity of Artemis Fowl promotional bookmarks, booklets and badges, the whole in one carton

Collection of children's & young adult fiction, first editions, many signed, comprising: Predator's Gold, by Philip Reeve, two signed first edition hardbacks with unclipped dust-jackets and loosely-inserted bookmarks, protective mylar covers, near-fine/unread, Scholastic, 2003; Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve, two signed firsts, fine, 2001; Sabriel, by Garth Nix, signed first UK ed., fine, Collins, 2002, tog. w/ exclusive boxed t-shirt; Tanglewreck, by Jeanette Winterson, two signed firsts, fine, Bloomsbury, 2006; Firesong, by William Nicholson, signed first, fine, Egmont, 2002; Pure Dead Wicked, by Debi Gliori, signed first, red suede, bumped at corners, otherwise fine, Doubleday, 2002; The Dark Hills Divide, by Patrick Carman, six Uncorrected Proofs, five in tissue wrappers, the open one signed, fine, tog. w/ three promo flyers; Death and the Arrow, by Chris Priestley, ten firsts, signed, fine, Doubleday, 2003; Redwulf's Curse, two firsts, signed, fine, Doubleday, 2005; Lionboy, by Zizou Corder, signed first, tog. w/ an Uncorrected Proof of the same, Puffin, 2003; The Cry of the Icemark, by Stuart Hill, ten signed firsts in slipcases, fine, Chicken House, 2005; The Book Thief, Uncorrected Proof, fine, Doubleday, 2007, and several others similar (56)

Clarke, Susanna. Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, two Uncorrected Proofs, 'bound manuscripts', London: Bloomsbury, 2004, with publisher's bookmarks dated 4 October 2004, one unopened in brown paper with twine and wax seal, the other near-fine & unread, together with three signed first edition hardbacks of the same, two in black covers, one in white, full number lines, '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1', London: Bloomsbury, 2004, in very good to near-fine condition (5)

Pullman, Philip. The Amber Spyglass, first edition hardback with signed bookplate (loosely inserted, sticker still unused), history of Alethiometer booklet and Ottakar's bookmark, London: David Fickling Books, Scholastic, 2000, with unclipped dust-jacket and protective mylar cover, in fine, unread condition

Fforde, Jasper. The Eyre Affair, three signed first edition hardbacks with unclipped dust-jackets and protective mylar wrappers, one of which is inscribed, 'To the real Amanda Cable', and one 'From Swindon with Love!', one with loosely-inserted upgrade leaflet, together with a signed paperback first edition of the same, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2001, all in fine, unread condition (4)

Fleming, Ian. You Only Live Twice, first edition, London: Jonathan Cape, March 1964. Octavo, publisher's imitation cloth, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Richard Chopping (priced 16s.). Contents very good, clean, bright, slight dust & some pale spotting to outer edges of text-block, imitation cloth binding well-preserved with very slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket generally good & bright with a few pale stains and nicks at edges. Together with The Man with the Golden Gun, third impression, London: Jonathan Cape, 1965, good & bright in a neatly price-clipped d.j. (2)

Bairnsfather, Bruce. Bullets & Billets, signed presentation copy, first edition, London: Grant Richards, 1916. Signed & inscribed by the author, 'The rose pink sky fades off above to blue / The morning star has ushered in the dawn / The empty tins & barbed wire bathed in dew / Emerge, and then another day is born, For V.S., Bruce Bairnsfather'. Octavo, publisher's pictorial red cloth, complete with all plates as called for. Contents very good, inscription well-preserved, cloth with discolouration & wear, spine lifting but intact

Kipling, Rudyard. Just So Stories, first edition, London: Macmillan, 1902. Small quarto, 249pp., publisher's embossed pictorial cloth. Contents good with occasional pale spots, endleaves with toning & heavier spotting, contemporary gift inscription on ffep, cloth rubbed, binding a little shaken, slight wear to corners & edges, sold with all faults

King, Stephen. Carrie, scarce first UK edition of the author's first book [only 600-1000 printed], London: New English Library, 1974. Octavo, publisher's purple cloth lettered in gilt, unclipped dust-jacket designed by Ray Feibush. Contents very good with usual toning to paper, light fold-lines to a few page corners, a few small spots/marks to several leaves (pictured), price on ffep, cloth good with slight bumping to corners, dust-jacket good with slight wear around corners, very slight discolouration to spine, a little dust along top edge, slight shelf-lean. Very scarce

Garcia Marquez, Gabriel. El amor en los tiempos del colera [Love in the Time of Cholera], signed limited first Colombian edition, Bogota: Editorial Oveja Negra, 1985. Octavo, publisher's dust-jacket, bold signature. Near fine, contents very good, clean, bright, a few very pale marks to outer edges of text-block, a little dusty on inner edges, dust-jacket with a few incredibly light marks/scuffs and slight wear to extreme cornersProvenance: Vendor's father owned a shop in Bogota, Colombia, and this was part of his stock

Orwell, George. Animal Farm, second edition, London: Secker & Warburg, August 1945 [published same month as first edition]. Octavo, publisher's green cloth with unclipped dust-jacket. Contents very good, clean, bright, a couple of small spots to front pastedown, cloth binding good with shelf-lean, delicate dust-jacket in good order with surface wear in a couple of places, slight wear to corners and several short tears at edges

Blackmore, John. Views on the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway from Original Drawings by J. W. Carmichael, first edition, Currie & Bowman, 1836, engraved pictorial title, 23 steel-engraved plates with accompanying text, dedication & address, bound with Canadian Scenery, by N. P. Willis, illustrated by W. H. Bartlett, London: George Virtue, 1840, engraved title, three steel-engraved plates, plus engraved portrait of the author, 12pp. only of text. Quarto, worn contemporary calf, bearing owner inscription & label of J. Williamson Longstaff, Loco Fireman, Gateshead, 1891, binding intact but lacking spine, spotting & marks, sold with all faults

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback. Contents very good, clean, bright, a few incredibly pale marks to margins in places, binding tight & solid, slight shelf-lean, boards well-preserved, bold & vibrant, unclipped dust-jacket faded at spine, otherwise well-preserved with only faint bumping at extremities. Together with Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, first edition, second issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, hardback, internally very good & bright with some pale spotting in places (most pronounced at title & endleaves), binding tight & solid with slight shelf-lean, boards vibrant, price-clipped d.j. faded at spine, slight bumping at extremities (2)

Dickens, Charles. The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition, London: Chapman & Hall, 1837. Illustrated with 75 engraved plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss, Hablot K. Browne, and Thomas Onwhyn. Octavo, half-calf, loosely-inserted autograph letter signed by ex-Lord Mayor of London, Cuthbert Ackroyd (for content see below), plus loose bookplate of B. B. Ackroyd. Bound from the original parts with characteristic stab-holes to gutters and therefore mixed issue points, notably: title dated 1837; title reads 'Weller'; many plates with page numbers only; Buss plates present facing p. 69 & 74; 'Chapter III' and signature 'E' present on both p. 25 & p. 27. Contents well-preserved, clean, bright, a few pale marks in places, the plates generally very well-preserved & bright with some discolouration around edges of margins, discolouration & slight wear to edges of pictorial titles, binding tight & square with wear to corners/edges, slight splitting to upper board, 19th-century clipping relating to 'a Dickens curiosity' sold at auction on front pastedown, binder's ticket for J. Aston & Co., StrandThe loosely-inserted letter, which is headed Little Oakwood, Chislehurst, 10 November 1935, reads: 'Dear Mr Shearer, Herewith the 'Pickwick' 1st Edition which J Bumpus Ltd expert values at £8 under the Hammer. I am pleased for you to have it. I enclose a catalogue of my father's Books (some of them) which are being sold on Thursday & Friday - you may see something among them you want & if you can to write Hodgsons or myself with any modest limits I expect you could have them as they are non too good with the Booksellers who have got most of them. I am not selling the Private Press Books yet (some 300) - will advise you what there are - such as Nonesuch Ashendene etc before I part with them. With kindest regards to the family & with Best Wishes, Yours sincerely, Cuthbert Ackroyd, What about that lunch with GC? at the R- Club.'

Potter, Francis. An Interpretation of the Number 666, first edition, Oxford: Leonard Lichfield, 1642. Small quarto, contemporary calf rebacked, engraved pictorial title, [xvi], 214pp., several woodcut diagrams within the text, an engraved plate set within p.175. Contents generally very good, clean, bright, a couple of marks & spots of wear in a few places, gutter of ffep secured with recent card, binding worn. A very scarce first edition of Potter's work regarding the Number of the Beast

Dumas, Alexander. The Count of Monte-Cristo, first English edition, illustrated with 20 wood-engraved plates by M. Valentin, including frontispiece to each volume, London: Chapman & Hall, 1846. Octavo, Vol. I: iv, 464pp., Vol. II: iv, 464pp., finely bound in half crushed morocco by Worsfold, lettered in gilt, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, top edge gilt. Contents very good, clean, bright, faint spotting to plates and sporadically in text, bindings tight & square, light wear to extremities, an attractive set (2)

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1997, paperback, print line on copyright page reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'; '1 wand' appears twice on p.53; 'Philosopher's' is misspelled 'Philospher's' to rear cover; 'Wizardry and Witchcraft' [rather than 'Witchcraft and Wizardry'] to rear cover. Contents generally good with usual toning around page edges, some pale spots & marks in places, light fold-lines to some page corners, pp.103-106 trimmed along margin but not affecting text (vendor is confident this was always the case and perhaps a fault from new), binding good & square, light creasing to covers, faded around spine, slight wear to corners/extremities, 6mm split to upper rear joint

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first edition, first issue, London: Bloomsbury, 1998, hardback, publisher's pictorial boards with unclipped dust-jacket, print line reads '10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1'. Contents good & bright with a few very pale marks in places, some pale spotting & discolouration to edges of text-block, owner inscription of ffep & title, boards bold & vibrant, light bumping around headcaps, slight shelf-lean, dust-jacket with light creasing and fading around spine

Rowling, J. K. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, first deluxe edition, fourth issue, signed by the cast of the film, London: Bloomsbury, 1999, publisher's blue cloth, all edges gilt. Signed by the following: Chris Columbus [director]; Daniel Radcliffe [Harry Potter]; Rupert Grint [Ron Weasley]; Emma Watson [Hermione Granger]; Richard Harris [Albus Dumbledore]; Maggie Smith [Minerva McGonagall]; Alan Rickman [Severus Snape]; Robbie Coltrane [Rubeus Hagrid]; David Bradley [Argus Filch]; Tom Felton [Draco Malfoy]; Jamie Waylett [Vincent Crabbe]; Matthew Lewis [Neville Longbottom]; Devon Murray [Seamus Finnigan]; Sean Biggerstaff [Oliver Wood]; Emily Dale [Katie Bell]; Danielle Tabor [Angelina Johnson]; James Phelps [Fred Weasley]; Oliver Phelps [George Weasley]; Alfred Enoch [Dean Thomas]; Edward Randell [Justin Finch-Fletchley]; Hugh Mitchell [Colin Creevey]; Louis Doyle [Ernie Macmillan]; Helen Stuart [Millicent Bulstrode]; Jamie Yeates [Marcus Flint]; Rochelle Douglas [Alicia Spinnet]; Charlotte Skeoch [Hannah Abbott]; David Churchyard [Slytherin Keeper], and Scot Fearn [Adrian Pucey]. Contents good, clean, bright, appears unread, binding tight & square, cloth well-preserved with some light rubbing to boards & extremitiesProvenance: Signed on set, obtained by a chaperone for one of the leading child actors who was an acquaintance of the vendor

Barker (K.F.), Dog Days, Heinemann, 1938, first edition, quarto, illustrated, dust jacket; Dawson (Lucy), Dogs Rough and Smooth, Collins, 1937, first edition, quarto, illustrated, dust jacket. (2)

dating: 1650/60 provenance: Italy, Smoothbore, octagonal, 15 mm cal. barrel with rear sight and foresight, bearing a deep, barely-legible mark, another barely-legible mark at the base and 'I'; long lock with Roman-style flintlock and match-lock systems. Wooden full stock (several small damages and missing parts). Remains of an arsenal stamp under the barrel. The part under the butt and around the tang with engravings. Iron-tipped wooden ramrod. The military use of the double-fire, flintlock and match-lock system is attributed to Raimondo Montecuccoli (1609 - 1681) who in his 'Della Guerra col Turco in Ungheria' of 1670, title I, XVI - 4 (1) writes: 'I made muskets that have both a fire striker and a serpentine, so that one can be used on secret occasions, when the lit match can either be seen or smelt, or can be spoiled by the wet and windy weather, and the other one can be used when the first one is not available: the Turks use them too'. The work, written by Montecuccoli after the victory of Szent Gotthard on July, 31st 1664 (on the Raab river) over the Turkish army, is the summa of his military experiences since he joined the Emperor's army in 1629 at the age of 20.Literature: Raimondo Luraghi. Raimondo Montecuccoli's works, vol. II - Historic Office of the General Staff of the Army, 2nd edition – Rome, 2000. p. 270.Provenance: Palazzo Internazionale delle Aste ed Esposizioni S.p.A, Florence 22nd-28th September 1980, furniture sale from Pomaro Castle, property Commander Pier Francesco Calvi di Bergolo. Lot 409 with photo. length 143 cm.

Albrecht Dürer - The Annunciation - 1510 / Description: The Annunciation Meder 128 a-b/c. From the Small Passion by Dürer. As the other ones offered in this auction, original Dürer woodcuts from an early edition without text, dating from circa 1544 -1589 based on the fragment of watermark found on 'The washing of the feet' (see other lot in this auction, watermark similar to the 'Kleines Wappen von Kaufburen mit einfachen Sternen =Meder Watermark 220.a, as used in the 'Ehrenporte' published in 1559.) Subject: Annunciation; on the left the archangel Gabriel approaches the praying Virgin Mary in her bedchamber, over her head a dove representing the Holy Ghost, in the sky above a figure of God the Father.. Original woodcut from circa 1510 by Dürer from the small passion, his first major project, and today his most celebrated, depicting the final days of Christ’s life. / Dimensions: 12,70 x 9,80 cm / Condition: Very good evenly printed contrasted black impression with almost intact borderline as to be found on the early impressions. Edition well ahead of the Italian text edition. On the full sheet of lead paper measuring 19,50 x 15,00 cm. Tipped with left border on a laid paper support sheet. Excellent untouched condition with no folds, tear or stains. / Literature: Meder 128 (a-b from c). With the small holes in the borderline above the wing of the angel and the small holes in the borderline above the AD monogram, already present in the Latin text edition; But before the damage to the bottom left corner described by Meder for state 'c' --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.119.19) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.296.63a) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: Ca. 1510

Leonhard Beck (1475-1542) -Theuerdank -Emperor Maximilian / Description: Rare old colored 'schnorckel schrift' edition used for the first edition on paper right after the on parchment from 1517 distributed by Maximilian to his relatives and court, this is from the first public sets on paper published in the early 16th century, exactly like the parchment edition. Theuerdank in armour firing a cannon. In the foreground at left Ernhold. 'Theuerdank'. one of the most important works of German Renaissance printed in 1517 in Nuremberg: epic poem by Emperor Maximilian I himself! Therein the Kaiser addresses his journey to meet his new bride, Mary of Burgundy, which is embedded in an environment typical for that time – full of adventure and chivalrous virtues. The most important artists of the time, including Hans Burgkmair, Hans Schäufelein, and Leonhard Beck, contributed to the magnificent illustrations in the form of 118 woodcuts. The Augsburg printer Hans Schönesperger, Maximilian’s imperial book printer, produced the work with this specially designed typeface. / Dimensions: 16,00 x 14,00 cm / Condition: Old colored good early impression on watermarked laid paper. In the sheet with the Schnorkel schrift trimmed at the bottom. / Literature: New Hollstein (German) / The New Hollstein: German engravings, etchings and woodcuts 1400-1700 (294) -----Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (II.124.3.129a)-----Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700 (7)-----Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.272.132) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1517-1519

Albrecht Durer - To ride the donkey / Description: Den Esel Reiten'. De iracundis mulieribus - Of bad women. Depicting the proverb 'to ride the donkey', which refers proverbially to an attack of anger. Woodcut made by the young Albrecht Durer in 1494 for Sebastian Brant's Stultifera navis - Das Narrenshiff. The Basel humanist Sebastian Brant described the sea journey of fools (representing the follies of human weakness and vice) to "Naragonia" the paradise of fools. The fine woodcut is the one commissioned for the first edition (in German) of 1494. This is one of the 75 of the 112 woodcuts now attributed to Dürer, who resided in Basel for a few months in 1494. "The woodcut illustrations created for the Das Narrenschiff are of immense density and tenseness. Since there was no iconographical tradition for this newly conceived text, the subjects and scenes of the illustrations had to be created entirely new. The images presented are of such convincing force that their equal in design had never before been seen" (A Heavenly Craft, p. 63). The woodcut here on auction from the Latin edition of 1511. / Dimensions: 11,70 x 8,50 cm / Condition: Very good intense black impression trimmed outside the borderline. Small Latin text letters on the backside. Overall good condition with small remains of album tipping on the backside. / Literature: Schramm 1146 - Winkler 42 - Rogner & Bernard 1354 / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1494

Albrecht Dürer - Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem - 1508-1509 / Description: Jesus Christ entering Jerusalem, Meder 130 a-b. From the Small Passion by Dürer. As the other ones offered in this auction, original Dürer woodcuts from an early edition without text, dating from circa 1544 -1589 based on the fragment of watermark found on 'The washing of the feet' (see other lot in this auction, watermark similar to the 'Kleines Wappen von Kaufburen mit einfachen Sternen =Meder Watermark 220.a, as used in the 'Ehrenporte' published in 1559.) Subject: Christ riding on a donkey from left to right towards an arched city gate, awaited by various people; an elderly man spreads out his cloak on the road, another holding a palm tree branch. Original woodcut from circa 1508-1509 by Dürer from the small passion, his first major project, and today his most celebrated, depicting the final days of Christ’s life. / Dimensions: 12,80 x 9,80 cm / Condition: Very good inked evenly printed, well contrasted black impression with almost intact borderline as to be found on the early impressions. Edition well ahead of the Italian text edition. On the full sheet of lead paper measuring 19,50 x 15,00 cm. Tipped with left border on a laid paper support sheet. Excellent untouched condition with no folds, tear or stains. / Literature: Meder 130 (a-b). With the small crack in the head of S.Peter and the four small gaps in the top borderline already present in the Latin text edition, with perhaps a few more small gaps in the top borderline as given for stat 'a'; But before the four gaps in the bottom borderline as described by Meder for the Italian edition-- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.119.22) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.294.66) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: Ca. 1508

Francisco de Goya, Tan bárbara la Seguridad come el Delito. The little Prisoner. / Description: Tan bárbara la Seguridad come el Delito, 'The Little Prisoner', etching with engraving made by Francesco de Goya (1746-1828)ca 1820. First Edition, published by the Gazette des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1867,. References: Delteil 31, Harris 26. A very good dark strong impression of this etching in excellent condition. Printed on a 19th century paper with large margins, a full sheet of the edition 1867 with the watermark A. / Dimensions: 10,8 cm x 8,5 cm / Condition: A very good dark strong impression of this etching in excellent condition. Printed on a 19th century paper with large margins, a full sheet of the edition l1867 with the watermark A. / Literature: Harris 26 / Medium: etching and engraving /Circa: 1820, 1867

Albrecht Durer - Fire Extinguishing Fool / Description: Feuerlôschender Narr'. De obliuione sui ipsius - Neglecting one's own interests. Woodcut made by the young Albrecht Durer in 1494 for Sebastian Brant's Stultifera navis - Das Narrenshiff. The Basel humanist Sebastian Brant described the sea journey of fools (representing the follies of human weakness and vice) to "Naragonia" the paradise of fools. The fine woodcut is the one commissioned for the first edition (in German) of 1494. This is one of the 75 of the 112 woodcuts now attributed to Dürer, who resided in Basel for a few months in 1494. "The woodcut illustrations created for the Das Narrenschiff are of immense density and tenseness. Since there was no iconographical tradition for this newly conceived text, the subjects and scenes of the illustrations had to be created entirely new. The images presented are of such convincing force that their equal in design had never before been seen" (A Heavenly Craft, p. 63). The woodcut here on auction from the Latin edition of 1511. / Dimensions: 11,70 x 8,50 cm / Condition: Very good black impression trimmed outside the borderline. Small Latin text letters on the backside. Overall very good condition. / Literature: Schramm 1168 - Winkler 18 - Rogner & Bernard 1374 / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: 1494

Albrecht Dürer - Christ washing the feet of his disciples - 1508 / Description: Christ washing St Peters feet. Meder 134.c . From the Small Passion by Dürer. Original Dürer woodcut. Impression without text, dating from circa 1544 -1589 based on the fragment of watermark in the paper ( Meder 220.a: 'Kleines Wappen von Kaufburen mit einfachen Sternen, as used in the 'Ehrenporte' published in 1559.) Subject: Christ kneeling and washing St Peter's feet; the other apostles watching in the background, John standing on the left behind Christ, holding a jug and towel. Original woodcut from circa 1508-1509 by Dürer from the small passion, his first major project, and today his most celebrated, depicting the final days of Christ’s life. / Dimensions: 12,80 x 9,90 cm / Condition: Very good impression with almost intact borderline as to be found on the early impressions. Edition well ahead of the Italian text edition. On the full sheet of watermarked lead paper measuring 19,50 x 15,00 cm. Tipped with left border on a laid paper support sheet. Excellent untouched condition with no folds or tears. / Literature: Meder 143.c. With the small and larger gap in the bottom borderline as described by Meder, but before the further gaps in the bottom borderline as described for the Italian edition. --- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.119.25) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.262.7) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: Ca.1508-1509

Albrecht Dürer - The Lamentation - 1509 / Description: The Lamentation, Meder 152 a-b/c. From the Small Passion by Dürer. As the other ones offered in this auction, original Dürer woodcuts from an early edition without text, dating from circa 1544 -1589 based on the fragment of watermark found on 'The washing of the feet' (see other lot in this auction, watermark similar to the 'Kleines Wappen von Kaufburen mit einfachen Sternen =Meder Watermark 220.a, as used in the 'Ehrenporte' published in 1559.) Subject: on the right Joseph of Arimathea supports the body of Christ, on the left St John comforts the Virgin, in the left foreground the Magdalen bending over, her ointment jar standing next to her, in the right foreground a basket with tools and the crown of thorns. Original woodcut from circa 1509-1510 by Dürer from the small passion, his first major project, and today his most celebrated, depicting the final days of Christ’s life. / Dimensions: 12,70 x 9,80 cm / Condition: Excellent brilliant sharp and evenly printed well contrasted black impression with almost intact borderline as to be found on the early impressions. Edition well ahead of the Italian text edition. On the full sheet of lead paper measuring 19,50 x 15,00 cm. Tipped with left border on a laid paper support sheet. Excellent untouched condition with no folds, tear or stains. / Literature: Meder 152 (a-b from c). With the hole in the borderline above the cross trunk as already described for the edition before text, and with a few of the holes in the borderline as described for the Latin text edition, but before the holes in the borderline as described for state 'c' ('c' has four holes in top border, two bottom border and one left above) state 'b' mentions a small gap in the bottom border but is described as printed uneven in the trees--- Bartsch / Le Peintre graveur (VII.120.43) --- Dodgson 1903, 1911 / Catalogue of Early German and Flemish Woodcuts in the BM, 2 vols (I.295.87) / Medium: Woodcut /Circa: Ca. 1509-1510

Charles Estienne u. Jean Liebault. L'Agriculture et Maison Rustique. Mit 6 Textholzschnitten und zahlr. Holzschnitt-Initialen. Paris, du Puys, 1572. 12 nn. Bll, 252 Bll., 20 nn. Bll. Angebunden: J. de Clamorgan. La Chasse du Loup necessaire a la Maison Rustique. Mit 14 großform. Textholzschnitten. Paris, du Puys, 1572. 22 Bll. 8°. Mod. Pgt. im Stil d. Zt. mit spanischen Kanten und RSchild. Vgl. Schwerdt I, 166. Thiébaud 344. - Estiennes "Maison Rustique" erschien erstmals 1564 und wurde von seinem Schwiegersohn J. Liébault mehrfach überarbeitet und erweitert. Behandelt alle Aspekte des Landlebens wie Landwirtschaft, Forstwirtschaft, Weinbau, Gartenbau, Viehzucht, Jagd, Falknerei, Fischerei usw. Seit der Ausgabe von 1566 folgt Clamorgan's Abhandlung über die Wolfsjagd. - Vorsätze erneuert. Titelbl. mit früherem hs. Besitzvermerk. Im oberen Rand knapp beschnitten, teils mit minimalem Textverlust. Vereinzelt etwas fleckig. Insgesamt wohlerhalten. With 6 woodcuts in text and numerous woodcut initials. Bound with: see above. With 14 large-form. woodcuts in text. Mod. vellum in the style of the time with Spanish edges and spine label. - Estienne's "Maison Rustique" first appeared in 1564 and was revised and expanded several times by his son-in-law J. Liébault. It deals with all aspects of country life such as agriculture, forestry, viticulture, horticulture, animal husbandry, hunting, falconry, fishing, etc. Clamorgan's treatise on wolf hunting was added beginning with the 1566 edition. - Endpapers renewed. Title-page with former handwr. ownership note. Slightly trimmed in upper margin, partly with minimal loss of text. Sporadically somewhat spotted. Overall in good condition.

Physik - - Albert Einstein u. Marcel Grossmann. Entwurf einer verallgemeinerten Relativitätstheorie und einer Theorie der Gravitation. I. Physikalischer Teil von Albert Einstein. II. Mathematischer Teil von Michael Grossmann. 2 Tle. in 1 Bd. Leipzig u. Berlin, Teubner, 1913. 38 S. Gr.-8° (24,5 x 15,5 cm). HLwd. d. Zt. (Bibliothekseinband mit RSchild, berieben u. leicht kratzspurig, OU nicht mit eingebunden). Erste Einzelausgabe als Seperatdruck mit eigener Paginierung aus der "Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik" Bd. 62. - Weil 58a. - Albert Einstein, dessen 1904 begonnenen Forschungen zur Relativitätstheorie erst 1916 endgültig abgeschlossen sein sollten, versuchte eine umfassende Neugestaltung der Vorstellungen von Raum und Zeit einzuschlagen, und strebte zu diesem Zweck seit 1907 eine Verallgemeinerung der Relativitätstheorie an. Um seine Theorien zu berechnen und mathematisch zu begründen, nahm er die Zusammenarbeit mit dem professionellen Mathematiker Marcel Grossmann auf, mit dessen Hilfe er Levi-Civitas absolute Differentialrechnung und Riemanns Varietäten nutzte, um die Minkowski-Gleichungen anzupassen und Newtons Theorien zu erweitern. - Vord. Innendeckel, vord. fl. Vorsatz u. Titelblatt mit Bibliotheksstempel, Titel mit hs. Vermerk u. Unterstreichung in Bleistift, papierbedingt etwas gebräunt, sonst insg. wohlerhalten. Physics - 2 parts in 1 vol. Contemp. half cloth (library binding with labels to spine, rubbed and slightly scratched, orig. wrappers not bound in). - First single edition as separate print with own pagination from the "Zeitschrift für Mathematik und Physik" vol. 62. - Albert Einstein, whose research on the theory of relativity, begun in 1904, was to be finally completed only in 1916, attempted a comprehensive reorganisation of the ideas of space and time, and for this purpose strove since 1907 for a generalisation of the theory of relativity. In order to calculate and mathematically justify his theories, he began working with the professional mathematician Marcel Grossmann, with whose help he used Levi-Civita's absolute differential calculus and Riemann's varieties to adapt Minkowski's equations and extend Newton's theories. - Front inner board, front fly-leaf and title page with library stamp, title with note and underlining in pencil, somewhat browned due to paper, otherwise in good condition.

Geologie - - Nicola (Niccola) Pilla. Saggio litologico sui Vulcani estini di Rocca Monfina, di Sessa, e di Tiano, dedicato all' illus. Signore Giuseppe Vairo. Mit Holzschnitt-Titelvignette u. -Kopfstück. Neapel, Presso Vincenzio Orsino, 1795. XIII, 74 S., 2 Bl. 8°. Ldr. d. Zt. mit dreis. Goldschnitt, RVerg. u. Goldbordüre (berieben, bestoßen, VDeckel mit Wurmspur). Furchheim, S. 147. - Ward/ Carozzi. Geology Emerging no. 1784. - Nicht in Schuh, online. - Laut KVK kein Exemplar in deutschen Bibliotheken, kein Exemplar in ETH Zürich, nur Geological Society London, Oxford u. wenige andere. - Erste und einzige Ausgabe eines äußerst seltenen Buches über Eruptivgestein und Vulkane in Italien, verfasst von dem jakobinischen Arzt Niccola Pilla aus Venafro, Molise (Vater des herausragenden Geologen Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848) u. vermutlich Mitglied bei den Carbonari) und teilweise verfasst von Vincenzo Orsino. - Vorsätze leimschattig u. mit kl. Wurmspuren, durchgehend stockfleckig u. gebräunt. Geology. - First and only edition of an exceedingly rare book on igneous rocks and volcanoes in Italy, written by the Jacobin physician Niccola Pilla from Venafro, Molise (suspected to have been in the Carbonari, and father of the outstanding geologist Leopoldo Pilla (1805-1848)) and partly written by Vincenzo Orsino. - With woodcut title vignette and head-piece. - Contemporary calf with gilt edges, gilt ruled borders, spine gilt, and gilt stamped title to spine (rubbed, bumped, front board with worm trace). - Flyleaves glue shaded and with small wormholes, foxed and browned throughout.

Inkunabeln - - Aristoteles. Ethica ad Nicomachum. Mit Beigaben des Ubersetzers Johannes Argyropylus und von Aegidius Delphus. O. O. (Paris), Johann Higman (fur Bruder de Marnef), 26. Marz 1488/89. 4°. 123 (von 124, Bl. 124 w.) Bll. (Spät.) restaur. Pgt. mit RSchd. Seltene Inkunabelausgabe der Übersetzung von Johannes Argyropoulos (1395-1487), einem in Konstantinopel geborenen Philosophen und Humanisten. - Hain-C. 1755 - Pellechet 1240 - GW 2362 - Goff A 982 (nur 1 Ex. in Amerika). - Brunet I, 466 - Jöcher I, 527 - J. Argyropoulos unterrichtete Griechisch in Italien, wo Lorenzo de Medici sein Schüler war, und veröffentlichte diese Ausgabe gemeinsam mit den Ergänzungen des Theologieprofessors Aegidius Delphus. - Fehlt Titelbl. aI (auf altem Papier mit Titelzeile ergänzt, aber ohne Druckermarke), erste 8 Bll. mit stärkerer Wurmspur mit etwas Textverlust, sonst nur kl. Wurmspuren, mehrere Bll. (vor allem anfangs) mit zahlr. Annotationen von alter Hand, erste Bll. etwas fleckig, sonst sauberes Exemplar. Rare incunabula edition of the translation by Johannes Argyropoulos, only 1 copy in America. - (Later) restored vellum with spine label. 123 from 124 leaves (lackin title aI). First 8 l. with heavier worming with some loss of text, otherwise only small worming, several l. (especially at the beginning) with numerous annotations in an old hand, first few p. somewhat stained, otherwise a clean copy.

Erotica - Curiosa - Art Déco - - Marcel Valotaire. Nelly et Jean. Nous Deux. Simples papiers du tiroir secret. Gravé et imprimé pour les auteurs et leurs amis. 2 Bände. Mit 46 (2 ganzseitigen) kolorierten Original-Radierungen von Jean Dulac. Paris, Privatdruck, 1929. 36 nn. Bll., 50 nn. Bll. Original Kartonagen mit Deckeltitel und kolorierter Vignette in Cellophanhülle in farbiger Orig.-Pappband-Chemise und Orig.-Papp-Schuber (Chemise u. Schuber etwas berieben und verblasst). Erste Ausgabe. - Eins von 240 (GA 295) nummerierten Exemplaren auf Vélin d'Arches - Dutel 2054 - Slg. Nordmann 410 - Privat gedruckt für den Autor und Freunde, nicht zum Verkauf an die Öffentlichkeit: 'non mise dans la commerce'. Das Buch gilt als eines der Meisterwerke der erotischen Illustration des zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts und erzählt die Geschichte der sexuellen Spiele von Nelly, einer jungen Studentin, und Jean, ihrem Latein-Privatlehrer. Es ist in Form eines von Nelly verfassten privaten Tagebuchs geschrieben und enthält auch Briefe von Nelly, die an ihren Geliebten gerichtet sind. Von Jean Dulac meisterlich mit großer Offenheit illustriert. - Schönes Exemplar. First edition. - One of 240 (GA 295) numbered copies on vélin d'Arches - Dutel 2054 - Coll. Nordmann 410 - With 46 (2 full-page) coloured original etchings by Jean Dulac. - Privately printed for the author and friends, not for sale to the public: 'non mise dans la commerce'. Considered one of the masterpieces of twentieth-century erotic illustration, the book tells the story of the sexual games of Nelly, a young student, and Jean, her private Latin teacher. - Well preserved copy.